X-Wing French National Championship Part 3 : Ibbitsam must die

Part 3 :

After 2 wins I faced Riftwar and his 3 ships rebel build:

Ibbitsam, advance proton torpedo, proton torpedo

Wedge, concussion missile

Tarn

+ a couple other amelioration cards.

You can see here the ship positions just before shooting started in turn 2:

Ibbitsam on the right, then wedge and Tarn on the left.

If I remember correctly, Jet 6 died from the combined shooting of wedge and ibbitsam, but I managed to kill Wedge in return.

My opponent tried to joust with the swarm and paid the price.
After that it was mostly mopping up, taking down first Ibbitsam:

Then Tarn:

Time to reload,
Ica

Rule 37 devient bilingue - Rule 37 goes bilingual - 9000 pages viewed!

Hello everyone,

I just reached the 9000 pages viewed on the blog according to google analytics! WOOT! Big thanks to all of my readers, this really motivates me to continue the blog and share with you my passion for the hobby.

Google analytics also tells me that around 40% of my viewers speak French. A few of my fellow players at the French National also told me that they would like to read my blog if it was in French, so I've decided to use blogger label system to publish the blog in French and English both.

The main url should now redirect to the list of all posts with the "EN" label :
http://rule37-ica.blogspot.fr/search/label/EN

as does the new ENGLISH button on the right side of the blog.

Please tell me if you see any bugs.


Salut à tous,

Je viens de dépasser les 9000 pages vues sur le blog selon google analytics! WOOT! Merci à tous mes lecteurs ça me fait chaud au coeur et ça me donne envie de continuer ce blog pour vous faire partager ma passion pour les figurines.

Google analytic me dit que 40% de mes lecteurs viennent de France, et même si beaucoup d'entre vous parlent aussi anglais, plusieurs des joueurs lors du Championnat National de X-Wing, m'ont dit qu'ils apprécieraient un blog traduit en Français.

J'ai donc décidé de commencer à publier mes articles en Français et en Anglais. Pour ne voir que les articles en Français vous pouvez cliquer sur le bouton FRANCAIS sur la droite de l'écran.

N'hésitez pas à me contacter en cas de bugs.

Time to reload!
Ica

X-Wing French National Championship Part 2 : The end of Chewbacca

Round 2!

After my first round modified win, I encountered my good friend Cornelius40K with a classic wave 3 list:

Chewie + c3po + gunner + faucon

Bwing fcsBwing adv. sensor 

He took the initiative and we deployed the asteroids in a pretty loose formation. I deployed my Ties in my usual 2 squares formation while he split his B-Wings on one side ready to enter the asteroid field and Chewbacca on the other:

I think he kind of panicked a bit a the sight of the full swarm and tried to delay the engagement, turning his B toward his right flank. Chewie advanced to flank me. I went full throttle toward his Bs. This is the board after 2 turns (I think I stripped a few shields from the front B):

Jet 7 and Jet 8 did a hard 3 then a barrel roll to box the B-wings, while Jet 5 and 6 went for a 3 bank. He then did a focus+ koiogran 2 with the Bs to face the swarm and use the protection of the asteroid. Jet 2 and 4 closed the distance while jet 1 and 3 stayed back to keep my options open. Chewie maneuvered to stay on my flank.

I took down the two Bs while loosing one Obsidian. The game was pretty much over at this point, as Chewie cannot take on 7 ties.

This is the final shot of the game: Chewie looses his last hull point, I still had 6 ties left.

The list matchup was really bad for Cornelius, as Ties eat agility 1 ships for breakfast while he didn't have the necessary firepower to whittle down the swarm. This was compounded by his decision to flank large with Chewie, giving me range 3 agility bonuses and the fact that he underestimated the speed of the swarm, giving me some free shots on the lead B-Wing in turn 2.

Time to reload,
Ica

X-Wing French National Championship Part 1 : SWARM HELL!

In the few next days I will try to do a battle report for each of my games in the French National.
This is the Part 1 : SWARM HELL! with my first game.

First game was against Red51 and his 8 academies Tie-Swarm.

First shooting turn shot

Swarm Hell exists, and I've seen it! 16 Ties on the table, 32 attack dices against 64 defense dices:
1 damage!

After that first shooting turn, it became a tense game of maneuvering, with him trying to block me and me trying to get actions. In the end the PS advantage won me the game, as my obsidians could reduce his firepower while any of my academies destroyed still got to shoot.

The game was a bit slower than my usual games with only 5 turns as my opponent was not used to facing a swarm.

Modified win : 4 Academies destroyed to 2 Academies and an Obsidian.

Time to reload!
Ica

X-Wing French National Championship : Wave 1 FTW!

Just came back from the French national X-Wing championship : Minneapolis here I come!

No time for a full debrief now, but you can expect one soon.

Wave 4 was legal, 71 players entered the tournament with 6 Swiss rounds on Sunday then a top 16 on Monday.

In the top 16, there were 6 falcon lists (2 double falcons), and I think 6 phantoms + mini swarm.
I came second in the swiss part (with no loss but 2 modified wins) then won my 4 games on Sunday facing : phantom, single falcon, double falcon and another phantom list in the final game.

Time to reload!
Ica

Comic Strip Battle Report part 1: Dying in the Nostromo 2!

A Space Hulk battle report in comic form.

I'm a great fan of webcomics, reading daily Schlock Mercenary, PVP and a few others, so I've always wanted to try my hand at drawing and writing one.

However I fast realized that drawing a comic would be out of my current abilities, so I would need to use photos. I had the opportunity to play a Space Hulk game in the fantastic board of my friend Philippe Morino so I took a lot of pictures for a photo battle report.

This is part 1 of the tale. You can click on the pictures for a bigger view.

If you arrived here : the battles in the Hulk are played using modified Second edition 40K rules and profiles, which means that the stealers are really deadly in close combat... if they can reach it! Usually Philippe plays the stealers in a dungeon master like role, while a group of players, each with a squad of terminators tries to survive and complete the mission objectives.

I'll try to publish the next part soon, probably next week as I compete in the French National X-Wing Championship this week-end.

Don't hesitate to comment, this is a new art form for me. I'm really open to suggestions for improvement.

Time to reload!

Ica

Showcase : Tie/Ln Jet Squadron repaint

Several fighters have broken off from the main group. Come with me! 

You may remember my first Tie repaint : http://rule37-ica.blogspot.fr/2014/03/blog-hiatus-over-x-wing-miniatures-tie.html

With the French National X-Wing Championship coming I decided to finish repainting my 2 flights of Tie Fighters to give them more presence on the board. The fighters are all painted in standard Tie/Ln black, with 4 white stripes : the markings of Jet squadron.

Jet squadron first and second flights

Close-up of second flight

Close-up of first flight

All fighters are on a ball magnet for banking

Close up of second flight banking

Close up of Jet squadron markings

Now I'm wondering if some battle damage would look good...

Time to reload!
Ica